
Art Institute of Chicago
Autumn
Wilson Henry Irvine · c. 1914
Provenance
Ownership history
- The artist, Chicago; sold to the Friends of American Art, Art Institute of Chicago, 1915; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1915.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, <em>111th Annual Exhibition</em>, Feb. 6–Mar. 26, 1916, cat. 131.
- Art Institute of Chicago, <a href="https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/4752/american-painting-and-sculpture-28th-annual"><em>American Oil Paintings and Sculpture: Twenty-Eighth Annual Exhibition</em></a>, Nov. 16, 1915–Jan. 2, 1916, cat. 188.
- Art Institute of Chicago, <a href="https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/4821/friends-of-american-art-collection"><em>Friends of American Art Collection</em></a>, Dec 1, 1916–Jan 1, 1917, no cat.
- Columbia, MO, University of Missouri, School of Fine Arts, Nov.–Dec., 1927.
- Chicago, Garfield Park Art Galleries, <a href="https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/5706/garfield-park-art-galleries-exhibition-of-greek-sculptures-and-american-paintings"><em>Exhibition of Greek Sculptures and American Paintings Lent by the Art Institute of Chicago</em></a>, Nov. 5, 1935–Mar. 3, 1936, cat.
- Appleton, WI, Lawrence College, New Alexander Gymnasium, <em>Loan Exhibition of American Paintings at Lawrence College</em>, Sept. 22–Oct. 4, 1937, cat. 24.
- Art Institute of Chicago, <a href="https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/6310/american-exhibition-50th-annual-half-a-century-of-american-art-1888-1938"><em>Half a Century of American Art</em></a>, Nov. 16, 1939–Jan. 7, 1940, cat. 38.
- Kalamazoo, MI, Civic Theatre, <em>Paintings from the Friends of American Art Collection,</em> Dec. 27, 1944–Feb. 27, 1945, no cat. (organized by the Kalamazoo Institute of Art).
- New London, CT, Lyman Allyn Museum, <em>American Impressionism of the Old Lyme School</em>, Feb. 6-Mar. 13, 1966, no cat.
- New York, Grand Central Galleries, <em>Memories of Old Lyme Art Colony, 1900-1935</em>, Mar. 28-Apr. 15, 1967, cat. 21.
- Washington, DC, Adams Davidson Galleries, <em>Explorations of An American Impressionist, The Art of Wilson Irvine, 1869–1936</em>, Apr. 6–May 26, 1990, cat.; Greenwich, CT, Bruch Museum, July 1–Aug. 31, 1990.
Literature
Published references
- Art Institute of Chicago, <em>Catalogue of the Twenty-Eight Annual Exhibition of American Oil Paintings and Sculpture</em>, exh. cat. (Art Institute of Chicago, 1915), cat. 188.
- Evelyn Marie Stuart, “Twenty-Eighth Annual Exhibition of American Paintings and Sculpture,” <em>Fine Arts Journal</em> 33, no. 6 (Dec. 1915): 534.
- <em>Friends of American Art Year Book, 1914-1915</em>, 5th ed. (1916), 93 (ill.).
- Art Institute of Chicago, "Friends of American Art," and “Recent Accessions to the Museum,” <em>Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago</em> 10, no. 1 (Jan. 1916): 126, 131 (ill.).
- <em>Friends of American Art Year Book, 1916-1918</em>, 6th ed. (1918), 10.
- Art Institute of Chicago, <em>Handbook of Sculpture, Architecture, Paintings, and Drawings: Part 2: Paintings and Drawings </em>, vol. 2 (Art Institute of Chicago, 1922), 45, cat. 396.
- Art Institute of Chicago, <em>A Guide to the Paintings in the Permanent Collection</em> (Art Institute of Chicago, 1925), 141, cat. 396.
- Robert J. Dunham, <em>Exhibition of Greek Sculptures and American Paintings Lent by the Art Institute of Chicago</em>, exh. cat. (Chicago Park District, 1935), n.p., cat.
- Art Institute of Chicago, <em>Art Institute of Chicago Weekly News Letter</em> (Sept. 5, 1936): n.p.
- Daniel Catton Rich, <em>Half a Century of American Art</em>, exh. cat. (Art Institute of Chicago, 1940), 25, cat. 83, pl. X (ill.).
- Art Institute of Chicago, <em>Paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection</em> (Art Institute of Chicago, 1961), 223.
- Grand Central Galleries, <em>Memories of Old Lyme Art Colony, 1900-1935</em>, exh. cat. (Grand Central Galleries, 1967), cat. 21.
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